Sunday 2nd April will see Crealy Adventure Park & Resort launch their first Pop in the Park event with Adele, Bruno Mars, Madonna, and Gary Barlow tribute acts taking to the stage.
Guests visiting the multi-award winning family theme park will be treated to this musical extravaganza without any additional cost, as the park begins its show stopping line-up of events and activities taking place over the Easter holidays, starting this weekend until Sunday 23rd April. After this Sunday’s music mayhem, Crealy will host another Pop in the Park event on Sunday 9th April. The second...
Jonathan Kirby, Artistic Director of performing arts company Kagemusha Taiko, has produced a new piece of music with three taiko (drum) compositions entitled: Dignity, Love, and Legacy.
The inspiration for ‘A Good Death’ came from an interview about end-of-life care which Jonathan heard on the radio.
“When the interviewee said that a good death involved dignity, love and legacy, I knew immediately that I had to compose something for taiko on that theme,” said Jonathan.
“Taiko seemed to me to be the perfect medium for expressing these ideas because of the way...
Devon health trusts are setting the pace nationally for putting women at the top of the NHS.
The local hospital trusts have hit the official target for women on NHS boards three years ahead of schedule, a report by a University of Exeter academic has found. A national study of the representation of women doing the top jobs in the health service, commissioned by NHS Improvement and NHS Employers, has found that the four health trusts in Devon have collectively hit the 50 per cent target, and all have female Chief Executives. The study, carried out by Professor Ruth Sealy of the...
Pop idol Olly Murs is today telling fans how much he is looking forward to playing live at Powderham Castle on Saturday, July 29.
Up to 12,000 fans are likely to see Olly, whose latest album 24 Hrs was his fourth consecutive number one hit. The popular singer-songwriter is one of British music’s biggest stars with record sales exceeding 10 million and demand for Powderham tickets has been high.
He said: “We’ve played at the castle before; the venue is iconic – being on stage and seeing a castle – I mean it’s pretty awesome really!
Farmers at a meeting of the South West NFU tenant farmers’ forum have given a cautious welcome to the National Trust’s plans to encourage wildlife and create 65,000 acres of new habitats.
The Trust has announced that it intends make sure half the farmland it owns is ‘nature friendly’ by 2025 and the chairman of the forum, Cornish farmer Chris Cardell, said he was looking forward to hearing how the Trust was planning to communicate with farmers about this process.
“We were very interested to hear about the National Trust’s plans and are were pleased to hear at the meeting...
Topsham Library will temporarily relocate to the Nelson Close Community Centre in Topsham to make way for a brand new community hub.
The new ‘Community Hub’ is being built by Estuary League of Friends following a successful funding bid to the Big Lottery Fund and fundraising efforts by the charity, reaching a total of £1.95million. On completion, the hub will comprise of a day centre room, community café, exercise and fitness space, two treatment rooms, a laundry, meeting/training room, serviced offices and improved library facilities.
A Biosciences expert from the University of Exeter is celebrating after being honoured as one of an exclusive group of leading entrepreneurs, at a special ceremony at the House of Commons.
Dr Olivia Champion was named amongst the top 50 entrepreneurs by world leading university business incubator, SETsquared, at the celebratory event in London on Wednesday, March 29 2017.
Olivia was selected for the her pioneering spin-out company, BioSystems Technology, which she co-founded with fellow Exeter professor, Richard Titball.
Edible bananas have been grown for the first time by the talented gardeners at the University of Exeter.
The mini versions of the popular fruit of the Musa acuminata ‘Dwarf Cavendish’ – normally only found in tropical countries - have been cultivated at a greenhouse at the University’s Streatham campus. They are of the same Cavendish variety found in shops but taste slightly sweeter.
The plant has been growing for five years, and the University’s grounds team are unsure as to why it has suddenly started producing fruit. It gets plenty of feed and attention, particularly...
Chris Dadds specialises in residential planning advice for developers and landowners, as well as seeking the allocation of land for residential use and securing planning permissions. He previously worked for Peter Brett Associates. He will work closely with James Petherick who has recently joined JLL as a director of residential development, based in Bristol. Together they bring a new breadth of expertise to the company’s residential development services in the South and Wales region. James specialises in the sale and acquisition of residential development land and advising developers on...
